Thursday, 12 March 2009

Richard Brown: Take heart, graduate jobs are out there

There is a lot of misinformation circulating about the prospects for graduates seeking jobs this summer. The market will be tough, but the reduction in graduate jobs in 2009 is expected to be around 5 per cent – a far cry from the "30,000 jobs for 300,000 graduates" trumpeted by the BBC last weekend. Students now need to sell themselves so they can stand out from the crowd. Parents and their universities can help them.